Lifetime cards will be issued for former national athletes to enter stadiums

During the budget discussions at the TBMM Planning and Budget Committee, Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak announced that lifetime cards will be issued to former national athletes who have retired from sports so they can benefit from stadiums.

The 2027 Central Government Budget Law Proposal of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, along with the 2025 Central Government Final Account Law Proposal and the Court of Accounts reports, were addressed in the TBMM Planning and Budget Committee. Answering the questions of members of parliament after the presentation in the committee, Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak stated that they are working on a new regulation directed at former national athletes.

Minister Bak expressed that this issue is included in their regulations and that they will update it to ensure lifetime cards are provided to valuable national athletes who have left sports. Emphasizing that while clubs invite their own athletes, an approach provided by the state is much more valuable, Bak noted that in order to resolve issues arising from stadiums being operated by clubs, they plan to negotiate with the relevant clubs and integrate the request into the system.